Chapter 3
Software Installation
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GPIB-PCII/IIA for Graphics
•
Confirm that the following line appears in your
CONFIG.SYS
file:
device = \gpib-pc\gpib.com
Is the file
GPIB.COM
located in the
GPIB-PC
directory? If it is not,
run
INSTALL
again and include it.
•
Check the GPIB-PCII/IIA to ensure that it is not connected to a GPIB
cable.
IBTEST
may not function properly if a cable is connected to
the GPIB-PCII/IIA.
After you complete this checklist, run
IBTEST
again. If
IBTEST
still
fails, complete the GPIB-PCII/IIA Hardware and Software Configuration
Form in Appendix E, Customer Communication, and contact National
Instruments for technical support.
If no errors occur, the NI-488.2 handler for MS-DOS is installed correctly
and you are ready to start using your GPIB-PCII/IIA with your graphics
application program.
If your graphics application program instructs you to change the default
settings of the software handler, refer to Appendix B, Changing Board and
Device Characteristics, for more information on how to run
IBCONF
and
on the configurable software parameters and their default values.
Installing the NI-488.2 Software for Windows
Complete the following steps to install the NI-488.2 software for Windows.
Note: You must have approximately 300 kilobytes of free disk space to
install the NI-488.2 software files.
Step 1. Run INSTALL
The quick version of the
INSTALL
program assumes that Windows is
installed in the default directory (
C:\WINDOWS
). It copies the NI-488.2
files for Windows to
C:\WINDOWS
and the GPIB destination directory,
GPIB-PCW
.